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Description
289 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Contents
Earthly delights -- Goodness explained -- Bonobos in the family tree -- Is God dead or just in a coma? -- The parable of the good simian -- Ten commandments too many -- The God gap -- Bottom-up morality.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-269) and index.
Summary
A renowned primatologist argues that ethical behavior witnessed in animals is the evolutionary and biological origin of human fairness and explains that morality has more to do with natural instincts than with religion.